Notable Quotes

Hamas Successfully Rearming

{image_1} Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin painted a bleak picture of recent occurrences in Gaza and East Jerusalem during a government meeting. “Since the ceasefire began, four tons of explosives have been transferred into the Strip for Hamas, as well as 50 anti-tank missiles, light arms, and materials for Kassam manufacture—metal rods and gunpowder,” he said. “Most of the smuggling is taking place by land, through tunnels. Hamas has taken control of the tunnels in the area. There is Egyptian action aimed to prevent the smuggling, but there have been no special reports lately.”

Hamas Demands 1,000 for Shalit

{image_1}Gilad Shalit, a young Israeli soldier, was kidnapped in August of 2006 and is being held captive at an undisclosed location while Hamas negotiates with Israel for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for his release.

One-State Solution?

{image_1}Ahmed Qurei, who heads Palestinian negotiators in US-brokered talks with Israel, told Fatah party loyalists behind closed doors that a two-state solution could be achieved only if Israel met their demands to withdraw from all “occupied” land.

Israel Remembers

{image_1} On May 7, the State of Israel honored the memory of their 22,437 casualties—including 1,634 people killed in terror attacks—starting from 1860 to May 2008.

Jerusalem in US Politics

{image_1}During a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Council (AIPAC), a US pro-Israeli lobby group, on June 4, US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said that Jerusalem “will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.”

More Rhetoric from Iran

“Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken…Today the reason for the Zionist regime’s existence is questioned, and this regime is on its way to annihilation…[Israel] has reached the end like a dead rat after being slapped by the Lebanese [in reference to the 2006 Second Lebanon War].”

Israel—Don’t Mess with Us!

{image_1} “An Iranian attack will prompt a severe reaction from Israel, which will destroy the Iranian nation…Teheran is definitely aware of our strength. Even so, they are teasing us with their alliances with Syria and Hizbullah and supplying them with many weapons, and we have to deal with that.”

—National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, April 7, 2008

“No Terrorist Country alongside Israel”

{image_1} Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni threatened a stalemate in the peace process if a Palestinian unity government is formed that does not recognize the right of Israel to exist. The comments came after Yemen attempted to restart dialogue between the Gazan government of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority led by Fatah.

“We Will Eliminate Israel”

{image_1} “The time has come to see the weakness and collapse of the Zionist regime and its supporters. They are doing everything in order to save it, but they will not succeed.

Russian Pamphlets: Jews Use Children’s Blood in Matzot

{image_1} Hundreds of anti-Semitic pamphlets were distributed in the Russian city of Novosibirsk warning residents of a supposed Jewish practice of kidnapping children to use their blood for Passover matzot [unleavened bread plural]. “Beware Russian parents. Keep watch over your children before the coming of April 2008, the Jewish holiday of Passover. These disgusting people still engage in ritual practice to their gods. They kidnap small children and remove some of their blood and use it to prepare their holy food [matzah]. They throw the bodies [of the children] out in garbage dumps,” the notices read.